Newcastle 3 Aston Villa 0: Toon breeze past ten-man Villa to seal huge win in battle for Champions League spot

NEWCASTLE UNITED’S fantastic festive form continued as Jhon Duran made Unai Emery’s naughty list.

The Aston Villa striker was looking to score for the fifth straight game but instead his afternoon lasted just over half an hour before he blew his team’s chances of victory.

RexAnthony Gordon put Newcastle in front after barely 80 seconds[/caption] GettyThe Toon winger curled expertly into the top corner[/caption] PAAlexander Isak could not miss as he doubled the hosts’ advantage[/caption]...